Tucker

Formed March 7, 1856 (46^th county)

Tucker County (6,765), Parsons (1,327)

The red brick and stone Flemish Renaissance and Romanesque Revival building was completed in 1898.  There was an 1859 courthouse built in St. George.  The structure sits at 1^st Street and Walnut Street.  United States Highway 219 passes in front of the facility.  Frank Pierce Milburn provided the designs.  It features a tower with a working clock.  Veteran memorials are on the grounds.  The county was founded on March 7, 1856 from Randolph County as the 46^th county.  The county is named for Virginia Congressman Henry Saint George Tucker.  Parsons was named for settler Ward Parsons. 

Tucker County government consists of a sheriff and 3 Commissioners.  Two Circuit Court Judges serve Tucker, Grant, and Mineral counties and One Family Court Judge and Two Magistrate Court Judges serve Tucker and Randolph counties.  Tucker County is in northeast West Virginia.  Charleston, West Virginia is southwest and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is northwest of the county.  The county center is 5.3 miles East-Northeast of Parsons nearer Hambleton.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Maryland and Grant, Pendleton, Randolph, Barbour, and Preston counties. 

The area of the county is 419 square miles.  It is 28 out of 55 in the state.  It ranks 52 out of 55 in population in the state.  It has a density of 16.1 persons per square mile making it 52 out of 55 in the state.  Tucker County has 44.0% of its population in its incorporated areas.  United States Highway 219 enters the county from the northeast, Preston County, and exits to the southwest, Randolph County.  The county resembles a rectangular Pac-Man.  Parsons is located in the southwest quarter of the county.  Parsons is the county seat and the largest city.  It is 19.6% of the county population.